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Adoptee Rights Booth at the NCSL Summit

August 23rd, 2009 1 Comment

As we continue to pull-together and disseminate contacts and information collected at The Adoptee Rights Coalition booth, we would like to provide a synopsis of this year’s participation at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) Annual Summit.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors and the artistic skills of Dory Martin, the booth was constant [...]

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Pictures, pictures, everywhere

July 24th, 2009 4 Comments

From the hotel to the park, from both outside and inside the convention center, there were no lack of cameras in beautiful Philadelphia last week, as evidenced by the ever growing collections of photos being posted online.
There are collections on multiple Facebook profiles, as well as the Philadelphia Adoptee Rights Demonstration fanpage.
There are pictures on [...]

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Greetings from Philadelphia

July 22nd, 2009 2 Comments

We’d like to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who showed up yesterday in spite of the miserable rain.  Your energy and commitment made the day.

Thank you to the team who kept the Adoptee Rights Demonstration  Twitter stream updated through the day with text and pictures, and the followers who re-tweeted updates.

Special thank you’s to [...]

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New postcards available to print and send!

June 11th, 2009 1 Comment

A hardworking volunteer for the rally has made some postcards you can print and send to your state representatives. You can find these on the ‘Help Spread The Word‘ page.

These postcards are formatted to work with Avery Postcards products 3263, 3377, 3381, 5689, 8383, 8387, 8577, or any cardstock paper. Postcards are available in [...]

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Beautiful new animated logo for the Philly Rally

June 2nd, 2009 Comments Off

We have a beautiful new animated logo available:

The code to add it to your site is:
<a href=”http://adopteerights.net/“><img aligncenter width=”125″ alt=”fight-for-adoption-records-adoptee-rights-philly” src=”http://i482.photobucket.com/albums/rr181/adopteerightsphilly/ARD_AlltopAd3.gif“/></a>

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Monday June 1st marks the 50 day point until the protest!!

May 28th, 2009 1 Comment

Hello All!
Monday June 1st marks the 50 day point until the protest!!
Our second wave of the letter writing campaign is set for this day. I urge you all to write your state legislators and ask that they introduce legislation in their state allowing unrestricted access to original birth certificates for all adult adoptees. Let them [...]

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Prizes to be won in Philly!

April 26th, 2009 1 Comment

The Adoptee Rights Committee is pleased to announce a draw to be held *July 22, 2009 *following the Adoptee Rights Demonstration.

First prize is a *$100 VISA gift certificate* – always useful for travelers! Second and third prizes will also be awarded. The prizes have been donated by the Adoptee Rights Demonstration organizers as a way [...]

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Exhibitor’s Booth 935

April 15th, 2009 2 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to present Exhibitor #935 at the Legislative Summit of the National Conference of State Legislatures:

The Adoptee Rights Demonstration.

This would not have been possible without the  support of our registered participants, donors, and friends. Your encouragement, enthusiasm and last but not least, donations, have made all this possible.
You are appreciated more [...]

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Letter Writing Campaign Weekend!

April 10th, 2009 1 Comment

It’s Letter Writing Campaign Weekend!
Please go here:
http://adopteerightsphilly.blogspot.com/2008/12/letter-writing-campaign.html for a sample letter.
Write your letters and send them Monday April 13th.  This marks the beginning of the 100 days to the Demonstration!
Send this out to everyone you know! Blog it, email it, Facebook it!  Everyone you know should be writing a letter to their legislators, urging them [...]

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Cafe Press Store is Open

January 18th, 2009 Comments Off

http://www.cafepress.com/AdopteeRightsPA
 
The revised CafePress store is online, with an updated logo for this year’s Demonstration. We hope you’ll stop by and support the demonstration with your purchase.
20% is added to the base price of every item. All proceeds go to The Philadelphia Adoptee Rights Demonstration to help pay for permits, security, advertising and our ultimate goal, [...]

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